So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a huge impact on my outlook, happiness, and general creativity.

Things come to me pretty regularly. There is never a shortage or a backlog

Ultimately, if I'm really moved by something, it's going to go on the record and that's that

I'd have these weird experiences where I'd just be walking down the street with this chord progression in my head, this happened more than a few times, and I'd walk home and find a fax in my machine and it would match the music in my head

So, once I've written a song, you know, I'm pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms.

My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected

My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar